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“Citizens in a democracy may disagree with the law, but must not disobey it”. Discuss.
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"Citizens in a democracy may disagree with the law, but must not disobey it". Discuss. In this essay I aim to show that citizens in a democracy can disagree with state laws, and go on to breach them with an entirely free conscience, and total peace of mind. First of all I would like to begin by reasoning why a governments laws should be followed at all. The role of a democratic state is to provide a framework of institutions, which helps to run an efficient, safe and importantly a fair society. Individuals within the state are citizens only if the state acts on their behalf to provide them with the rights that everybody else are party to. This means there is a kind of social contract between state and citizen, where each has a duty to the other; it is a symbiotic relationship, which should work to benefit...
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